Thursday, July 30, 2009

For your reading pleasure...

My Uncle Don sent me this link:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3200:

It is the current form of the health care reform bill making its way through congress. Two important things to draw from this:

1) I didn't know that this resource existed for looking up Bills. Just go to THOMAS, the Library of Congress on-line resource. That knowledge alone is useful!

2) I've seen bills before, and I am always struck by how very long and bloated they are. I honestly wonder if our Congressmen read half the things they pass. My guess: at best there is some intern who has read and pulled the most important facts for said Congressman and his constituents.

1 comment:

Chrondoc said...

It would reduce congressional mischief if each congressman and senator had to attest that he/she had read a given bill (plus amendments) twice all the way through before being allowed to cast a vote on that bill.